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<TITLE>Thin Client: New User Guide: Introduction</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="What"></A> <A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<LI>Linux allows any reasonably new computer to be used as a server to a
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thin client, or many thin clients, these thin clients can be inexpensive
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legacy computers. For a console terminal you need a 386 with 4-8mb of ram, or
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for an X-Terminal a 486/66 with 8-16mb ram.
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<LI>One Option is without a hard drive, it keeps the noise down and
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simplifies administration as you only have one system to maintain.
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<LI>If you have legacy apps, you can have them on a hard drive with it's
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legacy Operating System
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<LI>This howto is aimed at those new to Unix/Linux, it will cover the
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essential areas you need to be aware of and point you to other documentation
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in that area you need to be familiar with.
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<LI>You will probably use this as an aid to the
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<A HREF="http://www.slug.org.au/etherboot/">http://www.slug.org.au/etherboot/</A> documentation, I include some more
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examples of config files, and leave many of the other features of etherboot as
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an exercise for the reader
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<LI>If your client is sufficiently powerful only the file system need be
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shared, applications can run on the client system. (say a 233 32mb ram).
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Install an application on the server and all clients have access
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